5.4 SDO 4 - Increased automation support

This SDO aims to pave the way for TBOs by allowing controllers to focus on complex tasks rather than on routine activities (Table 4).

What

Who

Where

ID

Deployment action

4.1

Implement sector team configurations, which in specific airspace configurations include the combination of one planning ATCO with two tactical/executive ATCOs in an en-route/eTMA environment.

ANSP

En-route

4.2

Implement automatic speech recognition (ASR), user profile management system (UPMS) and attention guidance (AG) to provide a higher automation environment to support the ATCO role.

ANSP

TMA,

En-route

Table 4: SDO 4 – increased automation support